Whether through the draft, free agency, or both, put adding to the center position in the must category for the Green Bay Packers this offseason. However, compared to other position groups in PFF’s top 150 free agents list, there are fewer options at center available if Brian Gutekunst goes the free agency route.
With only Josh Myers on the roster at center, the Packers need depth at the position, not only for the eventual 53-man roster but they’ll also need three options to get through training camp as well.
Myers will be the front-runner for the starting center position coming into 2024 and the most likely option. But if the Packers want to create some competition at the position, they could explore free agency, the draft, or even once again consider moving Zach Tom inside.
Although Myers started at center all throughout the 2023 season, it was competition at right guard and left tackle during the second half of the year that played a key role in sparking the improved play that we saw from the offensive line unit as a whole.
Whether you asked Matt LaFleur, Adam Stenavich, or Luke Butkus, the competition that was created helped elevate the play of the entire unit.
While Tom certainly has the ability to play center, after how well he played at right tackle in 2023 – a premier position – I’m not sure how willing the Packers are going to be to move him off that spot at this point.
Tom allowed only two sacks the entire season and ranked 18th out of 86 tackles in PFF’s pass-blocking efficiency metric while doing so against some of the game’s best pass rushers. In terms of total pressures generated, Tom faced seven of the top 10 edge rushers in that category.
“I think we’ll get to that,” said Brian Gutekunst when asked about Tom staying at right tackle, “but I think we’re gonna try to get the five best guys we can out there at all times and again, I think it’ll be our job to bring in some guys and have healthy competition in there.
“He played really well at right tackle this year, you know what I mean, and so to move him around I think, on the coaching staff, will be hard, but at the same time he’s probably a guy that can play all five spots and I think he could be really good at all five of ’em, so it’ll be just dependent on what we have and where we need him.”
From a pure run-blocking and pure pass-blocking perspective, Myers had his ups and downs last season. His 28 pressures surrendered were the 11th most among all…
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